This was MJ/WC’s third win of the tournament and places them in the championship game Friday, March 6, 7 p.m. at Bridgestone Arena. They will play Franklin/Oakland or Blackman/Stewart’s Creek depending on who wins the their contest.

Jack Tirey got the scoring started with a goal assisted by Austin Work and Jack Simonson.

Austin Simpson extended the lead in the second period with a goal assisted by Sam Penland and Work.

Molly Piper and Austin Simpson capped off the scoring with two more goals in the third, the first assisted by Brenden Bristow and the second by Trevor Wimmer and Tyler Decker.

The Lady Bears knocked off Central in the finals of District 9-AAA, 66-39. They once again had no trouble with West Creek on Monday, knocking off the Lady Coyotes, 76-34.

Mt. Juliet will move on to play Hendersonville, who defeated Henry County, in the next round. The Lady Bears have beaten the Lady Commandoes three times this season. That game will be played Wednesday at Mt. Juliet High School.

Despite the District title loss, Central is still alive after a 77-49 first round win over Clarksville. The Lady Wildcats will face Rossview in the second round. That game will be played Wednesday at Mt. Juliet High School.

The Mt. Juliet Bears fell in the District 9-AAA consolation game Friday against Gallatin, 63-55. They played Kenwood Tuesday in the first round of the Region 5-AAA Tournament. The game was played after press time.

Jack Tirey got the first goal for MJ/WC in the opening period, assisted by Austin Work. Anthony Soares kept it going with another goal, assisted by Aaron Simpson and Tyler Decker.

Tirey returned the favor in the second, assisting a goal by Work. Jake Watkins also assisted on the goal.

Aaron Simpson finished the scoring with an empty net goal in the third.

Brady Kolff finished the game with 11 saves.

Lipscomb/Brentwood Academy racked up penalties in the contest, committing 16, totaling 54 minutes. One player was ejected for game misconduct. MJ/WC just had five for 18 minutes.

MJ/WC will play their next tournament game Wednesday against Ensworth/FRA, 8:15 p.m. at the Ford Ice Center.

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http://www.thechronicleofmtjuliet.com/sports/49-general-sports/9959-mjwc-hockey-wins-2-of-3Mt. Juliet/Wilson Central hockey won two out of three last week, knocking off Hume Fogg/Page and Station Camp/Beech, while falling to Franklin/Oakland.

Goals came fast and furious in the game against Hume-Fogg/Page Wednesday, as MJ/WC came away with a 8-5 win.

MJ/WC got four goals in the first from four different players. Austin Simpson started it with an unassisted goal, and was followed by Dylan Kraay assisted by Trevor Wimmer in his game back after being out five weeks with an injury. Sam Penland kept it going with a goal assisted by Simpson, and Wimmer closed out the quarter on an unassisted goal.

In the second period, Aaron Simpson notched a goal, assisted by Brady Kolff, and Jack Simonson got an unassisted goal.

The final two goals were scored in the third, and both were unassisted. Austin Work and Jacky Tirey got those goals.

Max Hooper finished the game with 16 saves.

Friday was more of a defensive battle, as MJ/WC fell to Franklin/Oakland, 2-1.

MJ/WC’s only goal came in the third period. It was by Tirey and was assisted by Work and Penland.

Brady Kolff had 25 saves in goal.

MJ/WC were back on the ice Sunday to celebrate Senior Night, as they came away with a 4-1 win over Station Camp/Beech.

Kolff got the scoring started in the first on an unassisted goal.

Tirey continued the scoring in the second on a goal assisted by Austin Work. Penland added another in the period, also assited by Work.

The Mt. Juliet basketball teams were matched up with tough competition over the weekend at the Chick-Fil-A, only coming away with one win in four games.

That win came for the Lady Bears Friday night, as they dominated Cane Ridge, 68-26.

Mt. Juliet jumped out to a 23-0 lead before Cane Ridge scored their first points. Rae DeGray led the way in the first quarter with 11 points. Ashley Roby hit a pair of three’s in the quarter as well. Mt. Juliet was up 25-2 after the first quarter and showed no signs of slowing down.

The Lady Bears dominated the boards getting plenty of second chance opportunities to score. Karly Dyer hit a pair of late threes, and DeGray had 16 points in the first half. The Lady Bears led 47-16 at halftime.

DeGray was the leading scorer for the Lady Bears finishing with 23 points. Roby had 15 points and hit three 3-pointers. Ronjanae DeGray was the leading rebounder and finished with 17 points as the Lady Bears beat Cane Ridge 68-26.

In the late game, the Bears took on the Brentwood Bruins, a state semifinalist last year. The Bruins came out on top, 53-37. Both teams were back and forth to start the game. Brentwood hit a couple threes and Mt. Juliet’s Christian Bell had a pair of threes. The end of the first quarter was tied at 12-12. The Bruins turned it up on defense against the Bears in the second quarter. Mt. Juliet was forced to make more passes then they probably wanted to and wasn’t able to hit many shots. Nonetheless, they were only down 23-18 at the half, with Bell leading in scoring with eight points.

Mt. Juliet couldn’t get anything going in the second half. They gave up multiple 3-pointers and turnovers that led to a 43-22 lead for the Bruins heading into the fourth. Brentwood hit eight 3-pointers in the game with five different players hitting a three. The Bears fought hard in the fourth, but the Bruins were too much for Mt. Juliet, winning 53-37. Trey Pruitt and Bell each had eight points in the game for the Bears.

Saturday, both teams suffered losses to Stewart’s Creek. The girls lost 53-48, and the boys lost 50-42.

Molly Piper got MJ/WC on the board with a goal in the first, assisted by A.J. Moore.

In the second, Brendan Bristow put in a second goal, assisted by Austin Simpson and Connor Williamson. Then, Sam Penland put the game out of reach with two goals. The first was assisted by Jack Simonson and the second was assisted by Moore and Austin Work.

Max Hooper finished the day in net with 21 saves. Jacob Shaw for SC/Beech had 38 saves.

Two days later on Friday, MJ/WC won a tighter contest, 3-2 over SC/Beech.

Moore got the scoring started with a goal in the first, assisted by Work and Penland.

Work did it all himself in the second period, scoring on an unassisted goal.

Aaron Simpson netted the deciding goal in the third, assisted by A.J. Moore.

Hooper had 13 saves in between the pipes.

The Junior Varsity team played Ravenwood Saturday, coming away with a 3-1 win.

Connor Williamson had an unassisted goal in the first, MJ/WC JV added two goals in the third for the win. Jackson Taylor got the first, assisted by Lawson Smith and Corey Settle. Smith had the second assisted by Tayler and Settle.